Today the developers of the controversial PennEast pipeline project announced they were cancelling the project after being denied necessary water quality permits.
PennEast Pipeline Co. LLC’s 116-mile pipeline would have shipped fracked Marcellus Shale gas from Northeast Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River to New Jersey, where it would likely be sold to be burned in foreign countries.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema voiced her strong support for climate action in an interview with the Arizona Republic Thursday which was also amplified by reporting in the New York Times.
News broke earlier this week that the Final Investment Decision (FID) for two controversial fracked gas export projects proposed for the Gulf Coast, Texas LNG in Brownsville, Texas and Magnolia LNG in Lake Charles, Louisiana, have been significantly delayed due to global insecurity in the fracked gas market.
Nos unimos a nuestros aliados en exigir a la administración Biden que mantenga sus promesas de hacer el sistema inmigratorio más justo y humano. Le urgimos también a que exija responsabilidades a la Patrulla Fronteriza por su conducta abusiva y a que ofrezca a los haitianos seguridad y refugio, no deportaciones y expulsiones.
Albany, NY — Today, 65 organizations from across New York State sent a letter urging Governor Kathy Hochul to reject a petition filed by the Independent Power Producers of New York (IPPNY), the NYS AFL-CIO, and BTC with the Public Service Commission that calls for adding to the State’s Clean Energy Standard a new tier of non-renewable “zero-emitting” electric generating resources such as hydrogen, nuclear, biogas, and new gas plants with carbon capture and storage.
Washington, D.C. - This week, images were released of Customs and Border Patrol agents physically abusing Haitian families on the banks of the Rio Grande at the Southern border. Currently, there are more than 15,000 migrants being held for processing in a makeshift camp under the Del Rio International Bridge, where they are being forced to endure sweltering heat with no access to clean, running water. Many of these migrants, who are fleeing political and economic crises and the cumulative impacts of natural disasters, are being deported or expelled from the US without being allowed to claim asylum. Seeking asylum is a legal right that is recognized in both international and US federal law.
Washington, DC -- Today, President Biden announced the nomination of Saule Omarova as Comptroller of the Currency.
In response, Sierra Club Fossil-Free Finance Campaign Manager Ben Cushing released the following statement:
MEMO: Rushed vote on bipartisan bill set to fail over climate; Build Back Better Act is a must. The bipartisan infrastructure bill is on the verge of being voted down in the short term due in significant part to its failure to tackle the climate crisis without a companion reconciliation bill. Once again, Capitol Hill is being forced to reckon with “No Climate, No Deal.”
Boston, MA — Boston City Council voted unanimously today to approve amendments to the Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO), requiring buildings over 20,000 square feet to meet a performance standard which lays out a mandated path for buildings to become carbon-free by 2050.
New York - Today, Governor Hochul announced that the Tier 4 Awards under NY’s Clean Energy Standard will go to TDI’s Champlain-Hudson Power Express (CHPE) line, bringing power from Canadian company HydroQuébec, and to the New York Power Authority’s Clean Path NY transmission line. The Tier 4 projects provided an opportunity to deliver new renewable generation into the New York City area, facilitating the retirement of aging, polluting fossil fuel generation to protect public health, creating jobs for New Yorkers and advancing renewable electricity. Governor Hochul, rather than maximizing in-state renewable generation, gave one of the awards to a project that has been rife with environmental and human rights issues.